Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” —Mark 10:27 Read that verse again. Now I want to ask a question: Is it true? If any of us had to think even a split second about the answer, then something’s wrong....

It’s Christmastime and the issue of incarnation arises. God became flesh. How that can be still staggers my mind. Here’s an unusual incarnation question: Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. So, what do you think? This...

I’ve received further e-mails asking for more of my thoughts on discerning what is truly of God when signs and wonders and revivals break out. This comes on the heels of two posts I wrote last week  (here and here) discussing events at the Lakeland “revival” down in Florida. At a ...

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto ...

The opening reception for the Vexing show at the Claremont Museum of Art took place last night and there was a terrific turnout. Over 600 people were in attendance and the room got really hot, really fast. The gallery show was amazing, with more to look at than I can describe here. If you didn't mak...

Three things you don’t discuss in polite company, right? We just spent a month talking about two of them, so why not touch on the third? On Saturday, my wife and I drove past a megachurch whose motto is “A Church for People Who Don’t Like Church.” The church has a new promo b...

Today’s post is a tough word that may anger a few people. Asking people to give is always a tricky proposition. In the Church, it’s an even more sensitive issue because we have tied giving with our spirituality. Plenty of churches still exist where one’s piety is measured by how re...

I'm not into VU bootlegs really, but apparently this is a big deal. It's the ONLY available live stuff from 1967 and has only become available in literally the last two days. Recorded just after the release of The Velvet Underground And Nico and featuring the debut performance of Sister Ray (19 mins...

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 When I think about many of the battles that rage in Christianity today, I can’t help but think that most result from a kind of theologic...

We sing a song in our church that talks about going into the Enemy’s camp and taking back what was stolen. I don’t think that we tend to think of what we have lost due to sin. Nor do we think of the Christ child coming to Earth armed for battle. Yet this is indeed how He came, The Hero, ...